Enlist preparations for the "San Juan" of Camagüey

Camagüey. Congas in street rehearsals announce the preamble of the new edition of a party
arisen in the XVIII century, the San Juan, name of the carnival of this city.

The rains interrupted in a transitory way the preparations of those “congueros” who enroll for an appointment that will begin June 24 in the evocation of one of the oldest and picturesque carnivalesque appointments in Cuba.

The main journey sector in the rehearsals corresponds to roads of the area proclaimed officially in February last Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity.

According to preliminary data, will be activated more than 30 areas in the summer revel whose inaugural day will have one of its main stamps in the preparation and collective consumption of the ajiaco, in actions promoted by the Committee of Defense of the Revolution (CDR) in the blocks.

Congas parades, processions, coaches, “old monkeys” and decked out vehicles will also tinge to the encounter, among other attractiveness.

The project of musical groupings that will liven up the dancing of the parties has not still transcended openly.

The program “sanjuanero” will have June 29 their closing ceremony with the one denominated "Bury of San Pedro", a tradition by means of which a multitude participates euphoric in a fake one funeral. (Adolfo Silva Silva)